A man accused of sexually assaulting another man whom he met in a commercial premises in the A Grela industrial estate, in A Coruña, and who was found “semi-unconscious” after drinking something that the defendant had invited him to, has accepted a sentence of two years’ imprisonment.
The case was heard this Tuesday at the Provincial Court of A Coruña, in a hearing held behind closed doors. The agreement between the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the private prosecution and the defense was reached after the accused acknowledged the facts and a reduction of the sentence was agreed, by applying the mitigating circumstance of repairing the damage, for having deposited 16,000 euros in favor of the victim.
The parties present in the courtroom have admitted the suspension of the execution of the prison sentence, as had been requested by the lawyer for the defendant. This suspension is subject to the condition that the convicted man does not commit another offense during a period of three years and that he completes a course on sexual re-education.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s statement of charges, the victim and the accused met in March 2021, when the first was working in a shop in the A Grela industrial estate. The defendant “frequently insisted” that they should get together to have a drink after the working day ended, invitations that the worker rejected on several occasions.
Finally, the injured party agreed to meet him and they made plans to have a drink, after which they went for dinner and, subsequently, to a nightclub. “Shortly after starting to drink his drink, the injured party began to feel unwell, with a headache, lacking strength and motivation, without it being possible to determine the reason why he was in such a state,” the statement says, adding that the man was in a situation of “semi-unconsciousness” when the defendant took him to his home, where he sexually abused him.